Louisiana Highway 142 (LA 142) is a

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located in

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. It runs in a north–south direction from

U.S. Highway 425 U.S. Route 425 (US 425) is a north–south United States highway that travels in the U.S. states of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. It was first commissioned in 1989. The route's northern terminus is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at a ...

(US 425) north of Bastrop through Beekman to the

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state line. LA 142 traverses a rural and thickly wooded area in the northeastern portion of the state. The route connects Bastrop, the parish seat and largest city in Morehouse Parish, with

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, a city in Ashley County, Arkansas. While LA 142 heads northwest toward Crossett, US 425 travels in a slightly northeastern trajectory to the smaller city of

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. Though the route performs a north–south function, signage for LA 142 does not carry directional banners. LA 142 is known locally as Crossett Road.

Route description

From the south, LA 142 begins at an intersection with US 425 near Chemin-A-Haut State Park north of Bastrop. It proceeds northwest for just under before curving slightly to the west and passing through a sparsely populated area along the

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known as Beekman. LA 142 crosses the AL&M line at grade then resumes a northwestern course. later, LA 142 intersects LA 543, which heads southwest through a point known as Vaughn. Shortly afterward, the highway curves more to the north and continues for before reaching the

state line. The route proceeds northward into Ashley County as

Arkansas Highway 133 Arkansas Highway 133 (AR 133, Hwy. 133) is a designation for three state highways in South Arkansas. One route of runs from Louisiana Highway 142 north through Crossett to Highway 8 near Fountain Hill. A second segment runs from Highway 160 ...

(AR 133) toward the city of

. The route is classified as a rural minor arterial by the

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(La DOTD) with an average daily traffic volume in 2013 of 3,400 vehicles. LA 142 is an undivided, two-lane highway for its entire length with a posted speed limit of .

History

Pre-1955 route numbering

In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 142 was designated as State Route C-1490. Like all state highways created after 1930, Route C-1490 was numbered by the state highway department rather than by an act of the state legislature and carried a "C-" prefix. The southern terminus was at that time a junction with State Route 204, which followed the modern route of US 425 between Bastrop and the Arkansas state line. Apart from the straightening of some curves in the vicinity of Beekman, Route C-1490 remained relatively unchanged until the

1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering In 1955, Louisiana passed a law that undertook a comprehensive revision to the state highway classification and numbering system. The new system designated roads by importance to travel patterns and rectified the previous numbering system under n ...

Post-1955 route history

LA 142 was created in 1955 as a direct renumbering of State Route C-1490. The southern terminus of the route was now a junction with LA 139. In 1989, US 425 was created and replaced the LA 139 designation north of Bastrop. The route of LA 142 has seen only minor improvements since the 1955 renumbering. Most recently, LA 142 was slightly realigned at its southern terminus to intersect US 425 at a right angle. This was done in conjunction with a project completed in April 2012 that widened US 425 to four lanes between Bastrop and the Arkansas state line.

Major intersections

References

External links

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Transportation in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana